Lu's irony

Luis Suarez famously saves on line to prevent Ghana reaching World Cup semi-finals

The biggest talking point at the Bernabeu was undoubtedly Dani Carvajal's super save and subsequent red card, which effectively killed the game and title race.

Comparisons were swiftly made with Simon Mignolet, who struggled to keep out a much tamer effort against Arsenal last night.

But lost among everything was Suarez, the man whose infamous handball stopped Ghana becoming the first African nation to reach the World Cup semi-finals in 2010, desperately batting his arm to show the referee where the point of contact was.

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